Monte Landis

Biography

Max Landstein (born 20 April 1933) was a Scottish-American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the comic foil in multiple episodes of The Monkees, most notably as "Mr. Zero" in "The Devil and Peter Tork". He began his career in Britain before moving to the United States in 1963. He also had a career in Paris in the mid-50s as emcee in cabarets and jazz clubs (Crazy Horse, Club Saint-Germain, etc.) -he played his own role later in Charade (1963)- and choreographer for the French vocal group The Blue Stars of France.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Columbo

Hawaii Five-O

The Mike Douglas Show

Batman

Get Smart

The Golden Girls

The High Chaparral

All Movies (21)

• Heart Condition1990 · as Beverly Palm Hotel Waiter
• The Underachievers1988 · as Carruthers
• Real Genius1985 · as Dr. Dodd
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure1985 · as Mario
• Body Double1984 · as Sid Goldberg
• Yellowbeard1983 · as Prison Guard
• Linda Lovelace for President1975 · as B.S.
• Young Frankenstein1974 · as Gravedigger
• Candy Stripe Nurses1974 · as Husband in Clinic
• Myra Breckinridge1970 · as Vince
• Targets1968 · as Marshall Smith
• Double Trouble1967 · as Georgie
• Kiss Me, Kate1964
• Charade1963 · as Master of Ceremonies at Club (uncredited)
• What a Crazy World1963 · as Solly Gold
• On the Beat1962 · as Mr. Bassett
• Play It Cool1962 · as Horace - Beatnik Man
• On the Fiddle1961 · as Conductor
• The Pure Hell of St Trinian's1960 · as Octavius
• School for Scoundrels1960 · as Fleetsnod
• The Mouse That Roared1959 · as Cobbley

All TV Shows (32)

• High Society1995 · as Waiter
• Burke's Law1994 · as Henderson
• The Golden Palace1992 · as Mr. Ricchutti
• Sledge Hammer!1986 · as Hotel Manager
• Sledge Hammer!1986 · as Scotland Yard Inspector McCall
• The Golden Girls1985 · as Victor
• The Bastard1978 · as Turly
• The Feather And Father Gang1977
• The Feather And Father Gang1977 · as Michael
• Police Woman1974 · as Nadje
• Police Woman1974 · as The Snitch
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law1971 · as Promoter
• Columbo1971 · as Steward
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Tony Madrid
• The High Chaparral1967 · as Tailor
• The Second Hundred Years1967 · as Charlie
• The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.1966 · as Genghis Gomez VIII
• Occasional Wife1966
• The Monkees1966 · as King
• The Monkees1966 · as Oraculo
• The Monkees1966 · as Zeckenbush
• The Monkees1966 · as Duce
• The Monkees1966 · as Shah-Ku
• The Monkees1966 · as Pshaw
• The Monkees1966 · as Zero
• Batman1966 · as Basil
• Get Smart1965 · as General Pajarito
• Espionage1963 · as Inspector
• The Human Jungle1963 · as Sid Fiscal
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• International Detective1959 · as Sami Kharan